European Institutions

Official Reportedly Offers EU Boats Access to UK Waters

August 09, 2017

According to The Daily Telegraph, UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove has alarmed UK fishers by telling officials in Denmark that European fleets will maintain access to British fishing waters after Brexit.
ECJ Limits Tax Exemptions to Religious Institutions

August 09, 2017

The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has ruled that it considers tax exemptions by EU member states for religious institutions, such as the Catholic Church, as unlawful state aid if the activities for which the exemptions are granted are economic, rather than religious, in nature.
ECJ: Hungary Discriminated Against Online Betting Company

August 09, 2017

The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has held that Hungary discriminated against a company that offers online "games of chance," in violation of EU law, by blocking access to that company's betting site without offering it a sufficient opportunity to register with Hungarian authorities as a legal operation.
ECJ: EU Members Must Offer Benefits to Foreign Workers

August 09, 2017

The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has held that an EU member state must provide a national of a non-EU country who holds a permit to work in that member state the same welfare and social security benefits as it offers to its citizens.
CoE Body Warns of "Nationalistic Populism"

August 09, 2017

The annual report of the Council of Europe's (CoE) Commission Against Racism and Intolerance warned of a rise in "nationalistic populism" across Europe in 2016, asserting that "racist insults and xenophobic hate speech have reached unprecedented levels" and that Islamophobia is a "persisting trend."